Pouch or sack holder



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W. J. TAYLOR. Pouch or Sack Holder. No. 242,395.

Patented May 31,1881.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM J. TAYLOR, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

POUCH OR SACK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,395, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed August 21, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. TAYLOR, of New Albany, in the county of Floyd and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Pouch and Sack Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient device for holding mail pouches or sacks in an open position.

Figure 1 is a partly-sectional side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of a portion of thering or holder, showing the manner in which the hooks are attached thereto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the ring or holder, consisting of an outer band, a, and an inner band, I), which latter is attached to the inside ofthe band a at several points, as shown at c, and sprung away therefrom at the intermediate points, thereby forming the vertical openings, as shown at d, for the reception and sliding adjustment of the hooks B B, that are suspended on the edge of the said band I), with their bends beneath the lower edge of the band a and their points projecting upward on the outside of said ring or holder A.

For convenience, the ring or holder A is hinged, as shown at], to aplate, O, thatis designed to be secured in a vertical position to a wall, side of a car, or other upright object.

To the upper part of the plate (J is hinged the hook I), that hangs down and engages its point under the lower edge of the holder or ring A, and holds said ringAup in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, ready for the attachment of pouch or sack.

When the holder or ringA is not in use the hook Dis disengaged therefrom, and said ring or holder A is permitted to fall in a vertical position, as indicated in dotted lines at E, Fig. 1', whereby said holder A is put out of the way and made to occupy but little space.

The hooks B B may be moved along in the (No model.)

sacks, as the same space is always occupied by Y the stationary rack, whether it be in use or not.

I do not strictly confine myself to the. shape herein shown of the ring or holder A, as for some positions or localities a holder with straight sides and front and rounded corners, or a holder of other suitable outline, may be advantageously used; nor do I confine myself to the sliding hooks B B for the suspension of the pouch or sack, as I propose to make said hooks stationary and sharp-pointed for holding sacks and pouches that are not provided with eyelets.

IVhile stationary hooks would answer in the place of slide-hooks for ordinary sacks, they are not practicable with mail-pouches, which must not be pierced by the hooks. Again, when a stationary hook is run through an eyelet in the pouch, it will be the merest accident if another stationary hook will meet another eyelet,the distances between the pouch-eyelets never being uniform.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A mail-pouch holder consisting of the ring A, slidinghooks B, and hook-plate D G, whereby the bag may be fitted to the holder by the simple adjustment of the sliding hooks to fit the eyelets, as described.

WILLIAM JAMES TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

CHAS. SCHWARTZEL, FREDERICK SAUER. 

